Palmerton - Lehighton

Schuylkill-Carbon Marine Corps League, will hold 2011 toy registration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12; Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 18; Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3; and Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10, at Salem Bible Fellowship Church, 1105 Frederick's Grove Road, Lehighton. This is the only location for registration. No phone calls will be accepted. Parents or guardians who want to register children for toys must register in person on one of the dates listed above.

The Palmerton Concourse Club will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 502 Lafayette Ave., Palmerton. The program for the evening will be "All American Artisans in Women's Fashions," presented by Marianne Monteleone Design.

Anyone interested in joining this service club is asked to call Joan Turko at (610) 826-2716 for more information.

Bloodmobile at PAHS

Miller-Keystone Blood Center will conduct a blood drive for Palmerton Area High School students and staff on Monday, Nov. 7, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

An Old Fashioned Hay Ride and Fall Fest will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Lehigh Canal Park in Weissport. The event features hay rides along the canal towpath and homemade food, pumpkin patch and children's activities. Special accommodations are available for those in need. The event is sponsored by the Beltzville Lions Club, Lehigh Canal Recreation Commission, Walnutport Canal Association and L-TNT Pyrotechs Inc.

For the first time in several Miller-Keystone Blood Center community blood drives in Palmerton, the goal of 75 registered potential donors fell short, as only 70 people donated. In all, 68 units of blood were collected.

The 20th annual Palmerton Halloween Parade will be held Sunday, Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. The rain date is Monday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m.

The parade will form at Seventh and Delaware avenues, as well as the 600 and 700 blocks of Franklin Avenue, and Lafayette Avenue. The parade route will be Delaware Avenue to Third Street, turning right on Third Street to Franklin Avenue, then turning left on Franklin to Second Street, taking Second Street to Lafayette Avenue and traveling Lafayette Avenue back to Seventh Street, where it will disband.